The Marriage of Priscilla and Elvis Presley Share By Sheri Stritof The 8-year courtship of Priscilla Beaulieu and Elvis Presley lasted longer than their marriage. Priscilla now tells women not to lose themselves in marriage. Here is information about when Elvis and Priscilla met, their wedding, marriage, and divorce. Born: Elvis Aaron Presley: January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi. Priscilla Ann Beaulieu: May 24, 1945 in Brooklyn, New York. Her birth name is Priscilla Ann Wagner. Died: Elvis: August 16, 1977 at his home at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of 42. The official cause of Elvis' death was recorded as cardiac arrhythmia but he apparently had an overdose of prescription drugs. How Elvis and Priscilla Met: Priscilla and Elvis met in November 1959 at a party at Elvis' off-base residence in Bad Nauheim in Germany. She was 14 1/2 years old. Priscilla moved to Graceland in early 1963.

Elvis formally proposed marriage to Priscilla in December 1966 and gave her an engagement ring with a three-and-a-half-carat diamond that was surrounded by a detachable row of smaller diamonds. continue reading below our video 9 Signs He or She Might be Cheating on You? Wedding Date and Information: Elvis and Priscilla were married on May 1, 1967 in Milton Prell's suite at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas , Nevada. Their civil ceremony was performed by Nevada Supreme Court Justice David Zenoff. The maid of honor was Michelle Beaulieu and best men were Marty Lacker and Joe Esposito. According to a Las Vegas SUN news report about their wedding, "Presley wore a black brocade silk tuxedo and Western boots, while Priscilla wore a floor-length wedding gown of her own design: white silk chiffon, with beaded yoke, trimmed in seed pearls and topped with a three-foot tulle veil secured by a rhinestone crown." Their 8-minute morning wedding ceremony was attended by a small number of family and friends and was followed by a press conference and a breakfast reception for 100 guests. Their wedding cake had six-tiers.

Elvis and Priscilla reportedly danced to "Love Me Tender" at their wedding reception . They honeymooned in Palm Springs, California for a few days. Elvis was thirty-two years old and Priscilla was twenty-one years old when they married. Priscilla and Elvis had a second wedding reception at Graceland on May 29, 1967 for family and friends who could not make it to Las Vegas for their wedding. Children: Elvis and Priscilla had one daughter. Lisa Marie Presley: Born February 1, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. Lisa's marriages: Danny Keough: Married on October 3, 1988 and divorced in 1994. Lisa and Danny had two children (daughter Riley and son Benjamin) together. Michael Jackson : Married on May 18, 1994 and divorced on January 18, 1996. Nicolas Cage : Married on August 10, 2002 and divorced on May 16, 2004. Michael Lockwood: Michael, a guitarist and music producer, were married on January 22, 2006 in Japan.

Their twin daughters, Finley and Harper, were born in early October 2008. Elvis and Priscilla's Weddings: 10 Things You Didn't Know About the Nuptials Pinterest Hulton Archive/Getty He was one of the world’s most eligible bachelors, an insanely handsome movie star whose engagement to a dark-haired non-celeb resulted in a stack of headlines and a pile of broken hearts. There’s a good chance that the news made your mom grab a box of Kleenex and excuse herself from the dinner table … and no, we’re not talking about George Clooney . We’re doing a serious Throwback Thursday, drifting back to May 1, 1967 when Elvis Presley married 21-year-old Priscilla Ann Beaulieu . At that time, the 32-year-old King – still several years away from a rhinestone jumpsuit and double chins – was the world’s top-earning entertainer, starring in up to three movies a year and singing his way through their soundtracks. The couple first met eight years earlier, when he was stationed in Germany with the army and she lived on a military base with her Air Force Captain father.

The two began seeing each other (“It was a very innocent time,” she later said , because she knows what you’re thinking. “We still had morals, very high standards.”) and Presley proposed with a three carat diamond in December 1966. So, to celebrate this most random of anniversaries, here are 10 things you might not know about Elvis, Priscilla and their $22,000 wedding cake. 1. This was the first marriage for both of them (and the only time that Elvis would swap rings and “I do’s”). Although as a beyond-smitten 13-year-old, Elvis did fill out a marriage license, writing in the name of his then-girlfriend Magdalene Morgan. He hastily scribbled both of their names in pencil in September 1948, on the day that he and his family moved from Tupelo, Miss., to Memphis. Morgan didn’t see the license until several decades later. “At that time, if you just held hands, it was very serious,” she said of her teen romance. “And we did hold hands a lot.” The Aladdin hotel in 1976 AP 2.

The wedding was held in a private suite at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas, a civil ceremony that was arranged by Elvis’s manager Colonel Tom Parker. The co-best men were Marty Lacker and Joe Esposito, two members of the Memphis Mafia, Elvis’s ever-present entourage, and the maid of honor was Priscilla’s sister Michelle Beaulieu. Elvis reportedly requested that the word “obey” be removed from their otherwise traditional marriage vows. The ceremony lasted eight minutes, which is long enough to play “Heartbreak Hotel” four straight times. 3a. It’s no longer possible to recreate Elvis’s wedding day. You can’t even take a selfie in the same room: the Aladdin Hotel was destroyed in 1998. You can watch the footage of the imploding building and think of it as some kind of metaphor for modern relationships, or you can just shout “Whooo!” as it collapses on your computer screen. 3b. Unsurprisingly, you can still get married by Elvis in Las Vegas.

The Graceland Wedding Chapel offers a variety of wedding packages that allow the bride-to-be to select whether she’d rather be escorted down the aisle by “Gold Lamé Elvis,” “Black Leather Elvis” or “Jumpsuit Elvis.” (C’mon. It’s leather Elvis. It’s ALWAYS leather Elvis.) 4. Actual Elvis didn’t wear a costume during his own wedding. He opted for “a black brocade silk tuxedo and Western boots,” according to the Las Vegas Sun. Priscilla designed her own beaded chiffon gown, which was “trimmed in seed pearls.” She stared at her new husband from beneath a three-foot veil that was “secured by a rhinestone crown.” Time & Life Pictures/Getty Elvis and women: He couldn't help falling in love Elvis and women: He couldn't help falling in love The King loved to surround himself with beautiful women. We recall his notable flames. Post to Facebook Elvis and women: He couldn't help falling in love The King loved to surround himself with beautiful women. We recall his notable flames. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: CancelSend A link has been sent to your friend's email address. Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed.

14 To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs Elvis and women: He couldn't help falling in love Elysa Gardner, USA TODAY 9:00 a.m. ET Aug. 12, 2013 The King loved to surround himself with beautiful women. We recall his notable flames. Singer Elvis Presley and his bride, the former Priscilla Beaulieu, gaze into each other's eyes after their wedding on May 1, 1967. (Photo: AP) Presley met Priscilla Beaulieu, the only girl he'd marry, when she was just 14 Co-star Ann-Margret was the one who gave Priscilla something to worry about Barbara Gray, his date for the day, came forward after seeing her photo in USA TODAY Like many young men, Elvis Presley longed to surround himself with gorgeous, glamorous women who adored him. Unlike most, he had the opportunity to do exactly that. The singer was linked to a number of high-profile beauties during his short life, and those who have remembered him publicly have generally done so with affection. USA TODAY recalls some of his more notable flames.

Priscilla Beaulieu Elvis married just once, to a young woman he had courted for nearly eight years. As is well known, he met 14-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu during his stint in the Army, while serving in Germany. Instantly smitten, he began dating the stunning teen; the couple kept in touch after he returned home, with Beaulieu occasionally visiting her beau in the USA. In 1963, she moved there for good — under strict conditions put forward by her parents, who expected that Elvis would ultimately marry her. After sowing a few remaining wild oats — see the entry on Ann-Margret — Elvis did tie the knot with Priscilla, in 1967. They welcomed their only child, Lisa Marie, the following year. But the union soon faltered. In her 1985 memoir, Elvis and Me, Priscilla suggested that her husband's sexual interest in her waned once she became a mother, and confessed that she eventually sought consolation in an affair with a karate instructor, Mike Stone.

The fairy tale ended in 1972, when the Presleys separated; their divorce was final a year later, and the two shared custody of Lisa Marie. Priscilla made the decision to open Graceland to tourists in 1982, and remained in the public eye, launching careers as an actress and a businesswoman. Having never remarried, Presley, 68, keeps her ex-husband's name, and oversees his legacy, with discernible pride. (Photo: AP) Ann-Margret It's no secret that the chemistry between Elvis and his leading lady in 1964's Viva Las Vegas didn't dissolve when the cameras stopped rolling. In Elvis and Me, Priscilla Presley describes Ann-Margret as the woman she feared most in the period leading up to her marriage. Elvis had assured her that there was nothing inappropriate going on; when Priscilla found out otherwise, she "picked up a flower vase and threw it across the room." Though he chose Priscilla in the end, Elvis' sexy Swedish co-star, now 72, clearly made an enduring impression, and vice versa.

In her autobiography, Ann-Margret: My Story (1994), the screen siren recalled how Presley sent her guitar-shaped floral arrangements each time she played in Las Vegas, even after she got married — a week to the day after Elvis wed Priscilla. And when Presley died, Ann-Margret traveled to Memphis, with her husband, to be at his funeral. Natalie Wood It has been speculated that Elvis' early, brief relationship with Natalie Wood, one of several young starlets he was linked to in the mid-'50s, was a publicity stunt. But in her book Natalie: A Memoir By Her Sister, published in 1984 — three years after the actress died unexpectedly in her early 40s, just as Elvis had — Lana Wood suggested that there was genuine interest, at least on Elvis' part. The younger Wood described "Natalie's abortive romance" with Presley as having been doomed from the time he flew her to Memphis to meet his family. Natalie called her two days into the trip, Lana wrote, describing Gladys Presley, Elvis' mother, as jealous and domineering.

Upon returning, Natalie told her sister, "He can sing, but he can't do much else." Clearly, the Hollywood princess and the Southern boy were not meant to be. (Photo: AP) Anita Wood Not a great deal is known about the pretty blonde who was — with the possible exception of teen beauty queen June Juanico, whom Elvis dated in the mid-'50s — his first serious girlfriend in the public eye. He met Anita Wood, a fledgling performer herself, in 1957, and remained her beau for several years. In an interview with the fan site Elvis Australia last year, Wood, now in her mid-70s, confirmed that she gave up a contract with Paramount Pictures because Presley had asked her to come back to Memphis. She grew close to his family, particularly his mother. Elvis wrote to Wood frequently while in Germany, by her account, and called, asking her to wait for him. After he returned, though, she overheard Presley telling his father that he was torn between her and Priscilla, and decided to end their relationship.

Years later, Wood recalls, after they had both gotten married — Wood to NFL player Johnny Brewer — Elvis asked to meet with her in Las Vegas after a show and "told me how much he had missed me." Cybill Shepherd Another beautiful woman, another book detailing her romance with the King of Rock 'n' Roll. Actually, Cybill Shepherd's may take the prize for the most colorful recollections. In her 2000 memoir Cybill Disobedience, the former Miss Teenage Memphis, model and actress revealed that she introduced Elvis to certain, um, sexual techniques when they dated in the early '70s. Shepherd, now 63, ultimately decided that she couldn't handle his drug use.

Still, while plugging Disobedience on Larry King Live, she remembered Elvis as "funny," "kind-hearted" and "brilliant," adding that she visited Graceland years after his death, and "found out that he was a very spiritual man in ways I couldn't appreciate 25 years before." Linda Thompson Born and bred in Memphis, where she won or placed highly in a series of beauty pageants in the early 1970s, Linda Thompson was Elvis' first notable relationship after his separation from Priscilla. Tall, blond and curvaceous, Thompson was 22 and — she told Larry King in a 2002 interview — still a virgin when she met Presley, with whom she lived for four years before amicably taking her leave in 1976. Recalling the King to King, Thompson stressed his faith and generosity: "In some ways, it was like living with a saint and being with Prince Charming and Santa Claus every day." A hard act to follow, it would seem, but Thompson, 63, did, marrying and divorcing Bruce Jenner and songwriter/producer-to-the-stars David Foster.

With Foster, the sometime actress forged a career as lyricist, co-writing tunes for latter-day hitmakers such as Whitney Houston (I Have Nothing), Celine Dion and Josh Groban. Ginger Alden The last woman linked romantically with Elvis — and the last to see him alive — was another Memphis girl, who bore a striking resemblance to Priscilla Presley. In a 2002 interview with the British magazine Essential Elvis, Ginger Alden, now 56, claimed to have first met Elvis as a 5-year-old, when her dad — a military man, like the ex-Mrs. Presley's father had been — worked as an Army public relations officer. Their next meeting took place in 1976, when one of Alden's sisters, then Miss Tennessee, was invited to meet Presley. This time, the beauty queen's kid sibling got his attention and the following January, he proposed to Alden at Graceland. Elvis' 20-year-old fiancée was with him when he died in the wee hours of Aug. 16, 1977.

She has since found work as an actress and model, but her most famous role will always be that of the young woman who discovered the lifeless body of rock's first superstar. Barbara Gray If Barbara Gray's name doesn't ring a bell, it's because it remained a mystery for more than 50 years, until 2011, when Gray revealed that she was the blond bombshell in a June 1956 photo widely known as "The Kiss." In the famed black-and-white shot, snapped by photojournalist Alfred Wertheimer, Elvis and his date for the day — then a "sometime dancer, a shoe-store clerk and an unabashed party girl," according to the Vanity Fair article in which she outed herself — stand facing each other, his arms around her waist, touching noses and tickling the tips of each other's tongues. Gray finally came forward after spotting a blown-up version of "The Kiss" in USA TODAY, accompanying a story about an exhibition of Wertheimer's Presley pictures.

As she told Vanity Fair, she was simply tired of being "the unknown woman in the wings." 385 CONNECT TWEET 2 LINKEDIN 14 COMMENTEMAILMORE Read or Share this story: NEVER MISS OUT Life Be a pop culture maven. Get the news, reviews and the juiciest celebrity stories that keep you in the know, Monday-Friday. The Wedding - Elvis and Priscilla - EIN Spotlight by Marty Lacker - Elvis Information Network - May 1, 1967 - Elvis and Priscilla - EIN Spotlight written by Marty Lacker Whatever people's own personal feelings are toward Priscilla, Elvis clearly loved her. We can debate whether he was ‘pushed’ in to marriage by outside forces or whether Elvis who belonged to the women of the world should have married at all, but the fact is that Elvis did marry Priscilla 45 years ago. May 1st 1967 was no ordinary day in Elvis life. There were however some odd choices to the day and the ‘last minute’ exclusion of some of those who grew-up with Elvis was a particularly bad and hurtful.

Marty Lacker was Elvis' co-Best Man at the wedding and he has kindly given EIN permission to publish his story of what happened on that famous day. Article written by Marty Lacker. Spotlight introduction & concept by Julian Grant The Wedding – By Marty Lacker In December 1966, Elvis had informed me that he was going to marry Priscilla and asked me to be his best man. Joe Esposito and I became dual best men for the coming wedding. It had been postponed once, but in April Colonel Parker held a meeting with Elvis, Joe and me. Plans were made for Joe to handle part of the arrangement and I was to take care of the rest. We didn’t, of course, want the reporters to get wind of the wedding but they somehow learned, even though they had no specific details. Colonel Parker arranged with Milton Prell, who had just bought the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas, for the wedding to be held there. To get the reporters off track, Elvis, Joe, his wife Joanie and George Klein would fly to Palm Springs on the night of April 29th. The wedding was scheduled for May 1st. Mr.

Presley and his wife Dee, were going to take the train from Memphis and they were to get off the train in San Bernardino to avoid any reporters at the Los Angeles station. Jerry and Sandy Schilling and I packed them up by automobile and drove them to Palm Springs. The rest of the guys came in, one at a time, but by that time we were all at the house in Palm Springs the reporters were there by the dozens. When they saw all the people arriving they of course knew something was about to happen and that something was probably a wedding. The reporters were trying to bribe the maids. One was even offered five hundred dollars just to tell what was going on but she didn’t buy it. Everyone kept quiet and the house was surrounded by a special detail of Palm Springs police so the reporters were unable to get too close to the house. No one would talk with the reporters, we acted as though they were not even there. We would get in the car and drive away without answering any questions or even looking at them and they would follow in their cars. Once, Joe and I were going to a little store to pick up some cigarettes and Rona Barrett, the Hollywood reporter, followed us in her car.

When we saw her following, we decided to have a little fun. We drove all around just to see if she would stay with us. Sure enough she did, and when we tired of our game we went in to the store so the game started again. She obviously did not know we recognized her and she stayed very close to us as we picked different items and decided not to buy them. I would say things like, "Boy, it’s really great that it’s finally going to happen." Joe would answer "Yeah, I wasn’t sure it was ever going to come off." Then I would say "Yeah, after all this time we just might get that chick." We stayed in the store a lot longer than necessary just stringing Rona along. Several years later she reminded me of that night. Colonel Parker told all the reporters that there would be a news conference at one o’clock the next afternoon when he would answer all questions. He told them it would be held in the ballroom of the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas and if they wanted to know what was happening they should all be there. Most left Palm Springs to go and wait.

Colonel Parker made it sound as though nothing special was planned before then, whereas the wedding was scheduled for ten in the morning. That night we rented a Lear Jet and Elvis, Priscilla, Joe, Joanie and George flew to Las Vegas as though they were just going for a good time evening. We also chartered a DC-3, and at three in the morning I got everybody to the airport and we flew to Las Vegas. There we were met by a special bus and taken to the hotel where we went to our rooms by a rear entrance. About four that morning, Elvis and Priscilla, escorted by Joe and a security man, were taken to the Las Vegas Courthouse where a license was issued. Except for the clerks, there were no other people, so no advance notice was leaked to the press. When I dressed in the morning, I went into Elvis’ suite to see if I could help with anything. He was there with Harry Levitch, a Memphis jeweler from whom Elvis bought most of his jewelry. He had delivered the wedding ring to Las Vegas. Mr. Levitch had his jewelry cases with him and Elvis chose a set of cuff links and tie clasp for me as a gift for being best man.

Because of the ranch, they were the shape of a bull’s head with diamonds set as eyes. He also gave a set to Joe. They were handsome, expensive pieces of jewelry. Marty Lacker, Elvis, George Klein, Harry Levitch and Charlie Hodge I had designed Elvis’ tuxedo and one of the studio tailors had made it. The tailor kept the secret and did an exceptional job to make the tuxedo come out special. Elvis was, indeed, a stunning groom. The Groom - Vernon with Elvis Everything necessary had now been done so I said to Joe, "Well I better go tell the guys to get ready" It was then that Joe informed me that none of the guys could be at the ceremony. I was upset because I knew how hurt the guys would be. After all the years we had been together, as a group, it seemed incredible that they were to be excluded. The reason given was that there wouldn’t be enough room in the suite where the ceremony was to be held, but, as it turned out, there was plenty of room. I don’t know who made that decision but I don’t believe it was Elvis; he would not have done that. It was a bad decision.

All the guys took it very hard and thought, because I was part of the wedding that I had known about it all along and was even involved in the decision. This of course was not true. The first time I heard it was a few minutes before I had to tell them. They were upset and could hardly speak to me, and for a time after the wedding was over they still thought I had something to do with it. For me, a bit of the gloss had been taken off the affair, but it was simply not possible to be anything but happy for the two lovely people that were about to join their lives as husband and wife. The marriage ceremony was performed by Judge David Zenoff who was a justice of the Nevada Supreme Court. The ceremony was a simple affair, held in the private suite of Milton Prell. There were only a few guests present. George Klein and Jo Smith, Gee Gee and Patsy Gamble, Colonel and Mrs. Parker, Harry Levitch, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Presley, Major and Mrs. Beaulieu and their son, Donny.

In the wedding party were Joe and I as dual best men, Priscilla’s sister Michelle as maid of honor and Joan Esposito as matron of honor. The ceremony was simple but the news conference that followed was wild. The guests were escorted to the Aladdin Room where the wedding breakfast reception for a hundred people was about to take place. Elvis, Priscilla and George Klein, Joe and I were led to a different room where there were reporters and television cameramen from all over the country. (Photo Right: Priscilla, Elvis and Marty Lacker) The press had not been at the ceremony nor were they to be allowed to join in the reception. This was the press conference which replaced the one o’ clock meeting scheduled by the Colonel. Elvis and Priscilla sat at a big table at the front of the room, while the rest of us stood on the side. The reporters started firing questions at Elvis. "What made you finally get married?" "Why did you give up bachelorhood?" "How long were you engaged?" Why this and how that. Elvis and Priscilla handled the questions nicely. Then the Colonel, in his way, let it be known that the session was over.

We left to join the others at the breakfast reception. Inside the Aladdin Room were representatives from RCA, Hill and Range Publishing Company, Movie studios and other business whom the Colonel had invited. All the guys attended except two who stayed in their rooms. At the head of the table were Elvis and Priscilla, Vernon and Dee, Major and Mrs. Beaulieu, Joe and Joanie Esposito, Colonel and Mrs. Parker, George Klein and me. To our surprise, the only celebrity invited was Red Foxx, and he sat next to the Colonel at the head of the table. The wedding cake was six-tiered, five feet high and decorated with pink and white roses. There were waiters everywhere serving champagne, but breakfast was a buffet. It included roast suckling pig, ham and eggs, fried chicken, fresh poached candied salmon and clams and oysters. I don’t know if anything special was ordered for Elvis but I do know there was little on the menu he cared for except the chicken and ham and eggs. However, he was so excited that I doubt he even noticed.

The guests were seated and nine or ten round tables and a string trio played romantic ballads for the newlyweds, including "Love Me Tender". Later that afternoon Elvis and Priscilla few back to Palm Springs for a short honeymoon in a house he had leased. The rest of us went back on the DC-3. We had to carry the remaining cake, flowers, liquor and other things which had not been used at the wedding back to Palm Springs with us. The tension in that plane was thick. None of the guys would talk to me and I had to carry all that stuff on the plane myself and get it in to the house. No one offered to help. As soon as we arrived at the house, most of the guys left for Los Angeles, they were mad as hell. I still didn’t blame them. I soon left Palm Springs for Bel-Air with a couple of the guys who were at the ceremony. We were a house divided for only a short period of time. The problems created by the wedding were eventually resolved, forgotten or diminished.

Elvis & Priscilla at Palm Springs - May 1967 After a few days in Palm Springs Elvis and Priscilla returned to Memphis and hosted a huge party for their friends and employees at Graceland. The Newlyweds cut a new cake, and a large buffet was provided by a Memphis catering service. There was a huge crowd in Graceland that night and Elvis and Priscilla were radiant. Gifts and cards poured into Graceland from Elvis' fans. Most of the fans were happy for them but some of the less gracious threatened to kill themselves or, at least, become nuns. Elvis and Priscilla started talking about going to Europe for a longer honeymoon. They were encouraged a little by Joe, who always wanted to go back there and he and Joan were planning to go along. Well, the Colonel stepped in and said it would be a bad move as he had been telling the European promoters that Elvis' commitments in the United States gave him no time to perform overseas. If Elvis went there for pleasure it could not be kept secret and he would be hounded by promoters and fans to perform. So, Europe was out and the Bahamas was in. They went there for a few days but came right back.

The place was beautiful but Elvis did not like it. The complete version is available in Marty Lacker's book 'Portrait Of A Friend'. GO HERE to purchase>> Elvis: Portrait of a Friend . EIN thanks Marty Lacker for his article. EIN also sends special thanks to Julian Grant of FECC for the timely idea. Unique photos colourised by Piretos. With Thanks. The Wedding spotlight compiled by Piers Beagley. -Copyright EIN May 2012 EIN Website content © Copyright the Elvis Information Network. Please DO NOT copy & paste EIN articles to other sites Go here for other relevant EIN articles: Priscilla Presley + Elvis meets Priscilla Beaulieu and the Birth of Lisa Marie Presley Priscilla Presley + Elvis meets Priscilla Beaulieu and the Birth of Lisa Marie Presley Priscilla on Larry King Live : August 16, 2007 : (10:26) Priscilla Beaulieu Presley (born Priscilla Ann Wagner on May 24, 1945, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American model, author and actress and the only wife of Elvis Presley .

Her biological father, James Wagner, was a pilot who was killed in a plane crash when Priscilla was just an infant. Her mother, Norwegian-American Anna Lillian Iversen, then married Paul Beaulieu, a United States Air Force officer. Beaulieu took over the raising of Priscilla and is known as her father. The Beaulieus were stationed in West Germany at the same time as Elvis during his stint in the United States Army. Priscilla was 14 years old when she met Elvis in Wiesbaden. In Germany, Priscilla would hang out at the Eagles Club, a place for eating and entertainment. According to Priscilla, she'd often just listen to the juke box and write letters to her friends. One day, a handsome man looking somewhere in his mid twenties approached Priscilla. His name was Currie Grant. He asked Priscilla, 'How'd you like to meet Elvis Presley? My wife and I are good friends of his'. Of course Priscilla agreed, and the night she was to meet Elvis, she wore a white and navy sailor dress. Elvis lived off base in Bad Nauheim.

On the evening of Sunday, September 13, 1959, Currie, his wife, and Priscilla drove for forty minutes to get to Elvis' house. Out of nervousness, Priscilla didn't speak much. When she finally arrived, entered the house, and met Elvis, he'd taken a liking to her right away. He even seemed to be trying to impress Priscilla with his songs he'd play her. After the first night of meeting Elvis, Priscilla couldn't concentrate on school, but she told nobody that she'd met Elvis, because as she thought, 'Who'd believe that just last night I was at Elvis' house?' Elvis and Priscilla in Germany. Much has been made of the fact that Priscilla was only 14 when the pair was introduced, but the young girl was mature for her age, and Elvis was mindful of the implications of the situation. Elvis wanted to see Priscilla again, and so, she began visiting him regularly. Elvis and Priscilla in Germany. For six months this went on, almost as if they were a couple. Priscilla thought of nothing but Elvis, she cared for him, listened to him, and accompanied him.

They were almost inseparable. That is, until that sorrowful day when Elvis had to return to the United States. Elvis and Priscilla on the day Elvis left Germany. Priscilla Beaulieu in Wiesbaden, Germany, on March 1, 1960 Priscilla was photographed by the press at the airport when Elvis left for America, and some of those photos ended up in Life magazine. Beyond this, there was surprisingly little publicity about their relationship. After Elvis was discharged from the Army, his only contact with Priscilla Beaulieu was over the phone and by mail. Two months shy of her 15th birthday, the blue-eyed brunette with the turned-up nose remained in Germany when Elvis departed for the United States. Within days there were reports that he was dating Nancy Sinatra. It was three weeks before Priscilla next heard his voice, reassuring her that she was the only girl for him, and over the next two years she grew accustomed to the rumors and his denials, as well as the pain and frustration that came with loving the world's biggest heartthrob from a distance of several thousand miles.

In a press conference on the day he arrived back at Graceland, Elvis played down his relationship with 'the girl he left behind'. But in truth, though he was dating Anita Wood and several actresses, he seemed to have reserved a special place in his heart for 'Cilla'. For the time being, Elvis went along with Colonel Parker's belief that an all-consuming relationship would hurt his image and be bad for his career. Priscilla patiently waited for their reunion. During their conversations, Elvis would discuss his career, even his relationship with Anita Wood, causing Priscilla to wonder where she fit in. However, he also insisted that he wanted her to visit Graceland. Cilla just had to hang on. And she did for nearly two years, even amid newspaper and magazine articles linking Elvis to beauties such as Juliet Prowse and Tuesday Weld . Anita Wood : ... early 1962, I was coming down the backstairs into the kitchen, I heard Elvis say, 'I'm having the hardest time making up my mind between the two' ... I knew exactly what he was talking about. And I had a lot of pride ... so I just marched my little self right down the stairs ...

And Elvis took me into the dining room and his dad was sitting at the table. And we sat down at the table and I said, 'I'm gonna make that decision for you, I heard what you said and I'm leaving'. And I remember that I started crying, it was a very difficult decision to make. I must say that was probably the most difficult decision that I've ever made in my life. I have to say that. After having dated someone like Elvis for five years, and as close as we were for this to end. And when I left, I knew there would be no going back ... I said, 'I'm leaving', and I called Andy, my brother, to come pick me up and we sat there and talked a little bit longer, but nobody could eat. Then, one day in March 1962, after several months without contact, Elvis called Priscilla out of the blue and invited her to join him in Los Angeles. Simultaneously stunned and overjoyed, she pointed out that, although her mother might be receptive to this idea, it would be nearly impossible to persuade her father, Captain Paul Beaulieu. It was a challenge Elvis seemed happy to accept.

While Priscilla prevailed upon her mother, Elvis spoke with the Captain several times and finally won him over by agreeing to a list of rules: the two-week-long vacation wouldn't take place until Priscilla was out of school for the summer; Elvis would send her a first-class round-trip ticket; the Beaulieus would be provided with a comprehensive itinerary of her daily activities in Los Angeles; she would be chaperoned everywhere; she'd write to her parents every day; and at night she'd stay with his friends, George and Shirley Barris. Priscilla arrived in Los Angeles in June, and following a visit to Elvis' house on Bellagio Road, she did stay at the Barris home -- for one night. The next afternoon, Elvis informed her that he had planned a trip to Las Vegas, and shortly after midnight she was sitting next to him in his luxury motor home on the way to Nevada. She slyly circumvented the problem of her parents receiving letters each day by quickly pre-writing a week's worth and asking Elvis' butler to mail them from Los Angeles. Their next stop was the Sahara Hotel and Casino, where the King and his princess shared a suite.

During twelve blissful, fun-filled days and nights in Las Vegas, Elvis took Priscilla shopping, chose the clothes she should wear, and instructed her on how to style her hair and apply heavier makeup. Elvis liked his women to wear plenty of eyeliner and mascara, and Priscilla readily accepted his choices. Courtesy of a hairdresser at the hotel, her tresses were teased and twisted into a beehive style, her eyes were heavily made up, and the result was the apparent transformation of an innocent teen into a sophisticated siren. After her return to Germany, Priscilla had something to look forward to during the next six months: Christmas at Graceland. Elvis had invited her, and once again she had to persuade her parents. However, that request was nothing compared to what the Beaulieus were confronted with once the Christmas trip was over and their darling daughter returned home: Elvis wanted her to finish school in Memphis. Elvis called Captain Beaulieu and used all his powers of persuasion. If Cilla moved to Memphis, he promised, she wouldn't live with him at Graceland but with Vernon and his wife in their house nearby.

She would be enrolled in the very best Catholic school, where he'd ensure that she would graduate. And she would be cared for and chaperoned wherever she went. Not only did Elvis swear that he loved, needed, and respected Priscilla, but he also insisted that he couldn't live without her. The Beaulieus were left with two painful alternatives: let Priscilla go and risk her being devastated if things didn't work out, or veto the proposed plan and be responsible for destroying her happiness. In the end, Elvis got his way, and Priscilla moved to Memphis. Priscilla Moves to America 1962 In October 1962, while he was in Hollywood filming Fun in Acapulco, Elvis played host to Priscilla and her dad, and won over the senior Beaulieu with his charm and hospitality. After a few days, father and daughter flew to Memphis, where Captain Beaulieu and Vernon Presley enrolled Priscilla in the all-girl Immaculate Conception Cathedral High School and moved her into the home that Vernon shared with his second wife, Dee.

Once her father had returned to Germany, however, Priscilla seemed uncomfortable living with her future in-laws, and soon she was spending more and more time with Elvis' grandmother at Graceland. Before long, for all intents and purposes she'd basically relocated there. Vernon chauffeured Priscilla to and from school until she got her license and he agreed to let her drive Elvis' Lincoln Mark V. He also provided her with pocket money to spend on clothes, gas, and going to the movies, bowling alley, and Leonard's Drive-In with cousin Patsy (whose mother was Gladys's sister Clettes, and father was Vernon's brother Vester). Still, despite the company of Grandma Dodger, the maids, and the secretaries, Priscilla often seemed extremely lonely waiting for Elvis to return from filming. One such movie was ' Viva Las Vegas '. Priscilla Presley talks about Elvis meeting The Beatles Priscilla: Some stars want to meet other stars. Some stars have to hang out with other stars. Not Elvis. I can't remember him once telling the Colonel to arrange a meeting with anyone famous. He saw Hollywood as the home of phonies.

He certainly felt out of place, which is why the minute the movie wrapped he was gone. One memorable evening, the Colonel arranged for Elvis to meet four famous people. But I believe it was the Beatles who were eager to meet Elvis, not the other way around. In fact, when John, Paul, Ringo and George walked in, Elvis was relaxing on the couch, looking at TV without the sound. He barely bothered to get up. Naturally he was curious about the Beatles. He respected them. Mostly he respected the way they had achieved their artistic freedom. He saw how they did whatever they liked to do. He appreciated their songs and especially their film 'A Hard Day's Night' where their creativity and sense of fun came through so powerfully. 'Help!' was out or just about to be released. He also admired Bob Dylan and appreciated Dylan's serious songwriting. Read more . Elvis' love interest in the movie was non other than the 'Female Elvis', Ann-Margret ... They were instantly attacted to esach other, and a relationship developed. This crushed Priscilla. She'd try and call Elvis to visit, but each time he'd delay it. Even after the film, reports were still everywhere.

Cilla couldn't take it anymore, but Elvis would threaten to have her go back to live with her parents if she protested, which is what happened one day when she threw a vase at the wall. Elvis began packing her bags and telling Vernon (Elvis' father) to set up the next plane flight back to her folks. Then, Elvis would apologize saying, 'See..you needed this'. Eventually, Elvis and Cilla just laughed it off. Elvis had decided Priscilla was the girl he wanted. One evening shortly before Christmas 1966, Elvis went down on one knee in the bedroom at Graceland and proposed to Cilla. Then he slipped a ring on her finger. Purchased from jeweler Harry Levitch, the ring featured a 31/2-carat diamond encircled by a row of smaller, detachable diamonds. Just over seven years after thier first meeting Elvis and Priscilla were married. The wedding itself took place on Monday, May 1, 1967 Elvis filmed ' Clambake ' in Los Angeles while Colonel Parker made the wedding arrangements.

The ceremony took place at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas, in the small second-floor suite of the Colonel's friend, owner Milton Prell. The nuptials were presided over by Nevada Supreme Court Justice David Zenoff and took less than ten minutes. In true Colonel Parker style, a press conference was held immediately afterward, followed by a breakfast reception for 100 guests, including many members of the press. Video : Elvis and Priscilla Beaulieu Getting Married The newlyweds spent their honeymoon in Palm Springs, and after a couple of days they returned to Memphis where, on May 29, they climbed back into their wedding attire and threw a reception at Graceland for all of their relatives, friends, and employees, as well as a few lucky fans. The only absentee was bodyguard Red West , who refused to attend because he hadn't been invited to the actual wedding ceremony. Married at 21, Priscilla Presley Recalls Her Time With Elvis Less than two months after the wedding, Elvis began work on ' Speedway ', and on July 12 he made an announcement on the set that Priscilla was pregnant. Lisa Marie , was born on February 1, 1968.

Elvis was a doting father to Lisa Marie. Until the end of his life Elvis adored Lisa Marie, spoiling her and showering her with jewels and gifts when she visited him, and rarely, if ever, disciplining her. As in many other aspects of his life, Elvis' love for his daughter ran to excess. Once, he flew her aboard his private jet so she could play in the snow. For her birthday, he rented the amusement park Libertyland for Lisa Marie and her friends. He bought her a golf cart and a pony, which he let her ride through the front door of Graceland . In her autobiography, Priscilla asserted that she and Elvis retained their mutual affinity and relished their joint role as parents. During one of their last phone conversations, Priscilla mused over the possibility that one day it might be their time once again'.Yeah,' Elvis joked, 'when I'm seventy and you're sixty. We'll both be so old, we'll look really silly, racing around in golf carts'. Elvis and Priscilla Presley at home with baby Lisa Marie for the first time. Vernon Presley with baby Lisa Marie.

Elvis and Priscilla Presley at home with baby Lisa Marie. Elvis and Priscilla Presley at the Hillcrest home with baby Lisa Marie, 1970. In early 1972, Priscilla and Elvis separated. Their divorce was finalized on October 9, 1973. They remained friends, and even held hands during their divorce proceedings. After her divorce from Elvis, Priscilla began a boutique and ran it for five years before getting into modeling and acting. After signing with the William Morris Agency, Priscilla made her television debut in 1980 as a co-host of the ABC series Those Amazing Animals with the legendary Burgess Meredith. Priscilla went on to portray the lead role of Jenna Wade on the television soap opera Dallas from 1983 to 1988 and starred as Jane Spencer (Jane Drebin in the third film), with Leslie Nielsen in The Naked Gun movie trilogy. Protecting his legacy Priscilla, sees that part of her mission in life is to protect Elvis' legacy. That led her to write her 1987 book Elvis and Me , which she viewed as a response to Albert Goldman's vicious tome 'Elvis'.

She didn't want Lisa to read Goldman's crap 'and think that's what her father was'. Priscilla doesn't read all the Elvis books released, but she has a favorite: Peter Guralnick's Last Train to Memphis '. He really captured the whole mood, the whole time and the whole event of Elvis', she said'. I think he said it beautifully'. After Elvis' death Priscilla took control of Elvis Presley Enterprises and built it to the organization it is today. Learning to deal with the business was a challenge. There was no school for her; she observed others, including Elvis' longtime manager Colonel Tom Parker , and learned by trial and error. 'I learned a lot from the Colonel of what not to do'.'The challenge with the estate is to keep the quality in and keep his legacy so it's always respected'. For more information on Elvis and Priscilla buy the Elvis By The Presleys DVD -- at over 4 hours this double DVD set will tell you everything you want to know and more plus includes lots of home movies of Elvis, Priscilla and Lisa Marie. A must for every fan! -- Also there is Priscilla's book -- Elvis & Me .

Priscilla Presley Elvis Presley And Priscilla Presley On Their Wedding Day (PHOTO) | The Huffington Post Elvis Presley And Priscilla Presley On Their Wedding Day (PHOTO) 05/01/2013 08:55 am ET Michelle Persad Fashion Editor, The Huffington Post. Elvis Presley , the " King of Rock and Roll " and U.S. Army private, was head-over-heels the second he first met 14-year-old Priscilla Presley , step-daughter of a United States Air Force officer. What followed was a seven-year courtship, a brief marriage and what quickly became one of the most contentious relationships in Tinseltown. Although this couple didn't stand the test of time, their union will forever go down in history as one to remember. In celebration of Elvis and Priscilla Presley 's wedding anniversary (on May 1), we are taking a look back at a photograph of the happy couple on their big day.

Priscilla looks ethereal in a white silk chiffon dress and a three-foot tulle veil , while Elvis, never to be outshone by his Mrs., wore an equally attention-grabbing black brocade silk tuxedo and a spiffy bow tie . What's so great about this picture is how candid it is -- whereas so many celebrity wedding photos (and the people in them) look impossibly perfect, this 1967 snapshot shows a Hollywood couple looking carefree, relaxed and totally normal (and we love it!). Getty Images/Michael Ochs Archives/Stringer How Long was Elvis Presley Married? How Long was Elvis Presley Married? Updated December 25, 2015. Question: How Long was Elvis Presley Married? Answer: Elvis married twenty-one year old Priscilla Beaulieu on May 1, 1967. They were divorced on October 9, 1973.

Elvis Presley pleaded with former wife Priscilla to take him back | Music | Entertainment | Daily Express 00:01, Sun, Aug 24, 2014 Priscilla and Elvis on their wedding day in 1967 [ALAMY] Author Shirley Dieu, who interviewed Priscilla at length, says she told her she met the King of Rock and Roll in July 1977, four years after their divorce, and he begged: “I’m miserable. I want my family back.” Calling her Satnin, his pet name for her during six years of marriage, Elvis referred to their daughter Lisa Marie, saying: “I miss the family times we all had. Lisa needs her mom and dad together.” He also told Priscilla he had no intention of marrying his new fiancée, 20-year-old Ginger Alden, who was devastated to discover she did not figure in his will after his death on August 16. Ms Dieu, a long-time girlfriend of Elvis’s former road manager and ­confidant Joe Esposito, recounts the story in her book Memphis Mafia ­Princess: Living In The Elvis World.

The former model included the ­revelations with Priscilla’s blessing. Those women would have been there for him no matter what, especially Priscilla Author Shirley Dieu She said: “She hadn’t put it in her autobiography. She said she thought enough time had passed and was happy for me to include it in my book. I feel so privileged she trusted me with this.” Elvis’s sad attempt to woo back the woman he met while doing national service in the US Army in Germany would probably have worked had he lived, Ms Dieu believes. She said: “I don’t believe Elvis would ever have married Ginger. Nobody liked Ginger. She didn’t fit in with the group. She was 20 years old and he was 42. When you think of all the women Elvis dated – and we liked them all – why would he pick this one girl? I think her mother was pushing her on him. “I believe there were three women in Elvis’s life who really cared about him – Linda Thompson, the longtime girlfriend he split from before turning to Ginger, his former screen co-star and lover Ann-Margret and Priscilla.

Those women would have been there for him no matter what, especially Priscilla.” Her book tells how Elvis doted on Priscilla. Ms Dieu added: “Who knows what might have happened had she said yes immediately to his final plea to her to come back.” Related articles

Question: In what year did Elvis and Priscilla marry?
Answer: 1967